ABOUT THE CONVERGENCE
This Convergence brings together an estimated 1000 sustainability enthusiasts, permaculture designers, social entrepreneurs, community organizers, social justice activists, and inspired people from across North America for a dynamic, engaging, and celebratory gathering designed to build bridges and strengthen a powerful movement for community resilience.
Practitioners across a wide-spectrum of skill-sets exchange ideas through concurrent workshops and discussions including themes of permaculture concepts and skills, regenerative design, resilient homes and neighborhoods, movement and capacity building, regenerative business and new economy, thriving food production, leadership hands-on skills, and much more.
Our common goals are to share, explore, and learn how to transform our communities, food, water, energy, and economies into more sustainable, resilient, and regenerative systems.
7 Stages, ZONES 99+ Workshops & Presenters
Live Music & Performing Artists
Skill Shares, Educational Displays
Delicious Local Food, Artisan Crafts
Camping & Much More!
WHY IT MATTERS
At these times of growing ecological and social transformation, we have the opportunity now more than ever to come together and work collaboratively towards implementing regenerative solutions to the many serious problems facing the world today.
The good news is that the solutions are here!
HOSTING SITE: SOLAR LIVING INSTITUTE
The Solar Living Institute (SLI) is a nonprofit solar training and sustainability organization with the mission of "Promoting sustainable living through inspirational environmental education". Founded in 1998, SLI has been providing professional solar training and a wide array of sustainability courses for over 15 years.
The Institute manages the Solar Living Center, a 12-acre renewable energy and sustainable living demonstration site that is visited by 200,000 people annually. The site includes organic gardens, ponds, natural buildings, biodisiel fueling station, Real Goods Store, and the Solar 2000 - one of northern California's largest solar arrays providing 160,000 kWh of clean renewable energy annually. www.solarliving.org
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